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Ivanhoe : a romance / by Sir Walter Scott, bart

Description: This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.
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The lady of the lake / by Sir Walter Scott, bart. ; with topography of the poem by the late Sir George Riddell Airy and notes by Andrew Lang ; with fifty full-page illustrations and a map

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This collection contains nearly 600 monographs published by the British publishing firm A & C Black from the late 1800s through the 1950s (bulk 1901-1936). Many of the volumes were published as part of the firm's successful "Colour Books" series and contain color plates and pictorial cloth bindings. The titles in the collection cover a variety of subjects including travel in Great Britain and abroad, antiquities, art, history of various civilizations, social life and customs of various cultures, natural history, literary classics and other literature (especially juvenile), gardening, military art and science, recreation, and transportation. Many of the firm's early 20th century series are represented by items in the collection, including the 20 shilling series; 7s 6d series; Artist's sketch book series; the "Peeps" series including Peeps at Many Lands; Beautiful Britain; Black's Popular Series of Colour Books; and Black's Water-Colour series. The collection also includes two non-A & C Black imprints by William Collins Sons and Co. and J.M. Dent.

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George Moreland : his life and works / by Sir Walter Gilbey, bart. and E.D. Cuming

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The tales of a grandfather / abridged and adapted from the original of Sir Walter Scott by Elizabeth W. Grierson ; with eight plates in colour

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Alexander and Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twenty-for plates, eight in colour

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The Alps / described by Sir Martin Conway ; with 23 illustrations from photographs by L. Edna Walter

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Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twelve full-page illustrations, four of them in colour

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Ivanhoe : a romance / by Sir Walter Scott, bart

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The lady of the lake / by Sir Walter Scott, bart. ; with topography of the poem by the late Sir George Riddell Airy and notes by Andrew Lang ; with fifty full-page illustrations and a map

George Moreland : his life and works / by Sir Walter Gilbey, bart. and E.D. Cuming

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Alexander and Marco Polo / by Sir George Scott ; with twenty-for plates, eight in colour

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